collectio

Latin

Etymology

From collēctus +‎ -tio, from colligō (“collect together”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /kolˈleːk.ti.oː/

Noun

collēctiō (genitive collēctiōnis); f, third declension

1. The act of collecting together; accumulation, collection.
2. (rhetoric) A summary, recapitulation, summing up.
3. An argumentation, reasoning, conclusion, inference, syllogism.
4. (medicine) A swelling, tumor, abscess.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	collēctiō	collēctiōnēs
genitive	collēctiōnis	collēctiōnum
dative	collēctiōnī	collēctiōnibus
accusative	collēctiōnem	collēctiōnēs
ablative	collēctiōne	collēctiōnibus
vocative	collēctiō	collēctiōnēs

Related terms

• collēcta
• collēctāculum
• collēctāneus
• collēctārius
• collēctē
• collēcticius

• collēctim
• collēctīvus
• collēctor
• collēctus
• colligō

Descendants

• Catalan: col·lecció
• English: collection
• French: collection
• Italian: collezione
• Occitan: colleccion

• Portuguese: coleção
• Romanian: colecție
• Russian: колле́кция (kollékcija)
• Spanish: colección

References

• collectio in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879